[Cite as Webb v. Clipper , 2020-Ohio-3914.]

STATE OF OHIO ) IN THE COURT OF APPEALS )ss: NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY OF LORAIN ) JERRY C. WEBB, JR.

Plaintiff

v. KIMBERLY CLIPPER, WARDEN

Defendant C.A. No. 20CA011660

ORIGINAL ACTION

Dated: August 3, 2020

PER CURIAM. {¶1} Jerry C. Webb has attempted to invoke this Court’s original jur isdiction by filing a “Complaint for Damages” against Kimberly Clipper, Ward en of Lorain Correctional Institution. Because Mr. Webb has not complied wi th the mandatory requirements of R.C. 2969.25, this Court must dismiss the compl aint. {¶2} Mr. Webb filed a handwritten document captioned “Complaint for Damages” with the Lorain County Clerk of Courts. He seeks mone y damages from Warden Clipper for the loss of his eyeglasses when he was an in mate in the Lorain Correctional Institution. In his complaint, he alleged that th is Court has jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 28 U.S.C. 1343 through the Fourteenth Amendm ent to the United States Constitution. This Court’s jurisdiction, however, is es tablished by the Ohio Constitution in Article IV, Section 3. That provision specific ally limits an appellateC.A. No. 20CA011660 Page 2 of 3 court’s original jurisdiction to five specific writs. The Ohio Constitution does not vest appellate courts with original jurisdiction over claims for mon ey damages. {¶3} In addition to the jurisdictional defect apparent on the face o f his complaint, Mr. Webb failed to comply with the statutory filing mandate tha t requires this Court to dismiss this case. R.C. 2969.25 sets forth specific filing req uirements for inmates who file a civil action against a government employee or entity. A s noted above, Mr. Webb named Warden Clipper, a government employee, as the defendant i n this action. Mr. Webb, currently incarcerated in the Erie County Jail, is an inm ate. R.C. 2969.21(C) and (D). A case must be dismissed if an inmate fails to comply wit h the mandatory requirements of R.C. 2969.25 in the commencement of the action. State ex rel. Graham v. Findlay Mun. Court , 106 Ohio St.3d 63, 2005-Ohio-3671, ¶ 6 (“The requirements of R.C. 2969.25 are mandatory, and failure to comply with them sub jects an inmate’s action to dismissal.”). {¶4} Mr. Webb did not pay the cost deposit required by this Court’s Local Rules. He also failed to comply with R.C. 2969.25(C), which sets forth specific requirements for an inmate who seeks to proceed without paying the cost deposit. Mr. Webb did not file an affidavit of indigency and he did not file a statement of hi s prisoner trust account that sets forth the balance in his inmate account for each of the pr eceding six months, as certified by the institutional cashier. Mr. Webb also failed t o file an affidavit of his prior civil actions. R.C. 2969.25(A). Thus, Mr. Webb failed to comp ly with the mandatory requirements of R.C. 2969.25 and this case must be dismissed.C.A. No. 20CA011660 Page 3 of 3 {¶5} Because Mr. Webb did not comply with the mandatory requirements of R.C. 2969.25, the case is dismissed. Costs taxed to Mr. Webb. {¶6} The clerk of courts is hereby directed to serve upon all partie s not in default notice of this judgment and its date of entry upon the journal. Civ.R. 58.

L YNNE S. CALLAHAN FOR THE COURT HENSAL, J. SCHAFER, J. CONCUR.

APPEARANCES: JERRY C. WEBB, JR., Pro se, Petitioner.